Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / Christian G. Samito.
2009
E540.I6 S25 2009 (Mapit)
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Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / Christian G. Samito.
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ISBN
9780801448461 (alk. paper)
0801448468 (alk. paper)
0801448468 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
x, 305 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
E540.I6 S25 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/415
Summary
In this work, Samito provides an account of how African American and Irish American soldiers influenced the modern vision of national citizenship that developed during the Civil War era.
Note
In this work, Samito provides an account of how African American and Irish American soldiers influenced the modern vision of national citizenship that developed during the Civil War era.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s
The question of armed service
African Americans in arms
Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers
Irish Americans in arms
African Americans and the call for rights
The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America
The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad
Epilogue : the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s
The question of armed service
African Americans in arms
Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers
Irish Americans in arms
African Americans and the call for rights
The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America
The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad
Epilogue : the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.